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The end of coal starts here
Need to know how much coal contributes to climate change? Curious about how many people die per year from coal pollution? Need stats on how many coal plants are planned
30/10/2014
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October European Council – boom or bust for the post-2020 climate and energy policy framework
During the upcoming European Summit of 23-24 October, European Union leaders should agree on a post-2020 climate and energy policy framework. As NGOs, we firmly believe that a set of
13/10/2014
The Ban Ki-moon climate summit – What did it deliver?
After the largest global people’s climate march in history, it would have been hard for most people to have overlooked the UN climate summit that took place in New York
26/09/2014
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A target of 27% energy savings equals a less efficient Europe
From mitigating climate change, to keeping energy costs in check and improving energy security, energy efficiency provides a solution to some of the main challenges that have been facing European
02/07/2014
Climate finance: The elephant in the room
As the UNFCCC negotiations in Bonn wrapped up on Saturday, civil society organisations were left feeling both hopeful and cautious; nothing new there.
30/06/2014
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Energy saving and Renewable energy: The silver bullet solutions for Europe’s biggest Threats: Climate Change and Energy dependency
On June 26-27, European Political leaders are meeting in Belgium to agree on a concrete Action Plan to tackle Energy Security, an issue of increased concern since the crisis in
24/06/2014
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Implementing the Energy Efficiency Directive
While the G7 leaders met in Brussels last week, another quietly significant deadline came to pass. It was a significant moment for both European energy security discussions and the process
10/06/2014
Real energy savings require good plans and firm targets
The Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) sets a 1.5% annual energy savings target for each Member State, which will be measured among final consumers until 2020. Member States can put this
28/04/2014
UN body lays out stark future under extreme climate change
Solutions exist but world leaders must act now to avert the worst effects EU leaders have been handed a warning by the world’s leading climate scientists that our society is
31/03/2014
European Commission ignores its own analysis on renewables, energy savings and market reform.
On January 22nd the European Commission (EC) released their White Paper on the 2030 climate and energy framework, in which they discuss amongst many other things, energy markets.
31/01/2014